NFR - Are you aware - antibiotic shortage

In addition to antibiotoic shortages, there is a severe shortage of nursing staff and hospital beds at most hospitals in western Washington (and perhaps beyond). My wife is a nurse at a big hospital in Everett and the emergency room there (and at other hospitals) is damngerously overcrowded, with many hours wait before being seen.

Don't go to an emergency room if there is any possible way to avoid it.

@Billy , can you confirm?
 
IMO this surge is a result of the recent years of isolation. Our immune systems need to be exposed to become educated. This allows for our systems to learn how to fight off these exposures. Unless you have a compromised immune response or underlying comorbidity. I say live your life! Yes, you may be sick for a few days, but your immune system will be better equipped to fight this off in the future. I also am a strong advocate for known safe vaccinations, hand washing and masks in high risks environments.
I will say that I am exposed every day as a healthcare worker in the Cardiac and Pulmonary arena, I am vaccinated for both Covid and Influenzas. I am rarely sick!
I would also pose this question: With Covid, Influenza A and RSV all being Viral, why is there a shortage of Antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections??
 
Jim Allen said:
With Covid, Influenza A and RSV all being Viral, why is there a shortage of Antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections??
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“Most antibiotics are ‘generics’, with the positive effect of several competitors producing them and their prices falling, but they have now fallen to a point where fewer and fewer suppliers want to provide them,” he explains. There isn’t enough incentive for companies to produce the drugs, because, despite their extraordinary usefulness, they don’t make money.

 
The free market will solve all the problems...
:)
 
Chris Bellows said:
Still can happen.
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But of course. And since there is still a chance it can happen then why bother doing anything? Prolly best to just go ahead and catch all of it at once, die, and then all yer troubles are over...including the OCD.
 
RSV, StrepA, Flu, COVID are spiking around the world. Supply chains for generic antibiotics and cold/flu medicines are strained. There are a limited number of facilities and countries that manufacture these drugs and demand is unusually high now. Also, some manufacturing sites are temporarily closed down by regulatory agencies for compliance violations. Consumer hoarding is also happening due to frequent news articles on this topic (remember the toilet paper crisis). The result is periodic shortages. It is not a conspiracy, more like another aftershock of the COVID pandemic.
 
Throwing this out there…

If anyone needs Childrens Tylenol for a sick kid or grandkid, let me know. I had a super sick kiddo last year and we ended up with a few extra unopened packages I believe. I’ll need to triple check if it’s all still in the medicine cabinet.

Or maybe even just put out the word to have us check in some different towns for this stuff. I’m happy to put in a little leg work.
 
Snakes said:
Throwing this out there…

If anyone needs Childrens Tylenol for a sick kid or grandkid, let me know. I had a super sick kiddo last year and we ended up with a few extra unopened packages I believe. I’ll need to triple check if it’s all still in the medicine cabinet.

Or maybe even just put out the word to have us check in some different towns for this stuff. I’m happy to put in a little leg work.
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Super kind of you. We have some Childrens tylenol. Could use some childrens Ibuprofen tonight. I looked so many places. This is an interesting situation and feelings as a parent.
 
Matt B said:
Super kind of you. We have some Childrens tylenol. Could use some childrens Ibuprofen tonight. I looked so many places. This is an interesting situation and feelings as a parent.
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Ugh, I’m sorry to hear. This sounds so difficult.

I went through all the cabinets and we only have unopened packages of Tylenol. My youngest has a potential allergy to ibuprofen so we rarely have it on hand. Unsure if this helps but I’ll keep an eye out at the store first thing tomorrow when I’m there.
 
Snakes said:
Ugh, I’m sorry to hear. This sounds so difficult.

I went through all the cabinets and we only have unopened packages of Tylenol. My youngest has a potential allergy to ibuprofen so we rarely have it on hand. Unsure if this helps but I’ll keep an eye out at the store first thing tomorrow when I’m there.
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‘Ppreciate it. Made it through the night and hopefully we’ve turned the corner.
 
It finally happened; my wife tested positive for COVID, a few days ago, after traveling to Louisiana for work. I tested positive, just now.

We were the last people that we know to get it. Even my OCD parents, in the COVID bubble of Australia, got it a week before us.

My wife is pretty much over the worst of it, after 3 days. I'm boosted AF, so hopefully I'll have an easy run too. The worst part is having to wear a mask in my own damn home, for the next week, due to the baby.
 
_WW_ said:
But of course. And since there is still a chance it can happen then why bother doing anything? Prolly best to just go ahead and catch all of it at once, die, and then all yer troubles are over...including the OCD.
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Good plan. Seatbelts, helmets, and condoms should all end up in the trash bin. This is such a fucked up idea that if something isn't 100% perfect then it shouldn't be done at all.
 
I live in a pretty rural place. That said it is fifty fifty as far a runs on products with supply chain difficulties. If anybody is after something I can try and have a look when I head into town. I'm often surprised at how well stocked our little tiny mom and pop pharmacies are.
 
They can't move me out of ICU because there's not enough general population beds, but that's really not a big deal, the unit is deserted and they use ICU for overflow anyways. No Tylenol shortage, but there are several devices they can't get and are using older versions.
 
Zak said:
In addition to antibiotoic shortages, there is a severe shortage of nursing staff and hospital beds at most hospitals in western Washington (and perhaps beyond). My wife is a nurse at a big hospital in Everett and the emergency room there (and at other hospitals) is damngerously overcrowded, with many hours wait before being seen.

Don't go to an emergency room if there is any possible way to avoid it.

@Billy , can you confirm?
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Short on nurses for sure, my first night in ICU was the most pain I have ever been in. I came out of anesthesia early, still intubated, dry heaving, my nurse the next day was very confused why they didn't do more for me. But that's behind now.
 
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